Giving it a Go
I have been in aww of Jessica Watson and her achievement of sailing around the world solo at the age of 16. This has got me thinking as to what else are the youth of today up to. I have stumbled upon this video. If you have a few minutes to spare have a listen.
My point from this is that their personal achievements to get up and give it a go, in what they are passionate about are to be highly commended.
- How I apply this to my life is asking myself what is it that I want to do (dream of) that I have not yet done? This could be from fear of failure, fear of offending someone, or one of many things.
What I have chosen to do is acknowledge this fear, come up with a strategy to make my dream a reality and give it a go.
- If these kids can get up and play like that and Jessica Watson can sail around the world at 16, I know I can give it a go. The only thing stopping me is me!
I will leave this with what is it that you dream of and have not yet done? What or who is stopping you?
Lost Generation?
Which way do you want look at life?
It is all a matter of choice.
Motivation
Here is an interesting You Tube video I came accross to day. It speaks for its self!
Taking Control - Where do I begin?
Where do I begin to take control of my life?
Begin by recognising that whenever you take an action there will be a result. It may or may not be what you want but learning to look for what you can learn from the result of your actions is very powerful.
Think about something in your life that doesn’t seem to be working exactly as you’d like it yet and ask - what can I learn from this? And how can I use this learning to do something differently next time?
As you work on taking control of your life, it’s not unusual for a little self-doubt to begin to creep in.
This is completely normal so you can relax, after all if we were sure of every outcome before we took the action where would the fun be? It would be like going to the cinema and knowing the end to every film. So next time you find yourself doubting yourself or your abilities why not just take it as a sign that you are growing.
The fact that you’ve noticed yourself doubting yourself or your abilities is great because means that you can begin to work on turning this around now. As a first step just begin to ask yourself more empowering questions, such as: How could I use this doubt to help me move forward? How could you enjoy taking action today?
How do I control feeling overwhelmed, which leads me to procrastinate?
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Recreation
What is it? It may be elusive at the moment but let’s check it out.
Notice that this word, recreation, has the idea of “re-creating” in it. What does it mean to you to re-create yourself? If you could do anything you wanted and time, money and fear were not factors, what would that be?
Make a list of all the things you love to do. Then place a date beside each as to the last time you did them.
Make a list of all the things you loved doing as a child.
Make a list of all the places you’d visit if time, money and fear were not factors.
What would you do for fun and/or lifestyle if you won lotto?
If you could choose your vocation, what would that be?
Write your answers in a journal. These questions, if you give them the deserved thought, will get you to KNOW what you enjoy doing most.
Have fun!
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Success Involves Saying ‘No’
Part of building your character is to learn to say no. Many of us are people-pleasers, people who would rather do something they don’t want to do instead of telling someone no. If you do that in business, you’ll end up chasing your tail more than getting things done.
You can stay extremely busy pleasing people, both inside and outside of your business, and never get around to getting your business done or claiming the success you’ve earned.
No matter what the definition of success is there will be times when you cannot keep everyone happy. By actively and proactively managing your time and saying ‘no’ as needed, you can not only protect your time, but you can ensure that you move efficiently towards your dreams and goals.
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Building Success Through Your Character
Your personal character has the greatest impact on your success, because once again, you are your business. At Confident Future we believe that when a business is not doing well, look to the key people and help them ‘fix’ their lives. Then, and only then, will the business thrive.
Your character also helps define your attitude toward success. You have been defining your character all your life and your vision of success has probably changed as your character has changed.
Think about what success was to you when you were in primary school. Maybe it was getting good marks, being accepted by friends and being a great athlete. Or, it might have been to be like your parents, having a good paying job and being happily married with a family.
What was your vision of success when you were college age, or upon graduation? You probably had many plans for how you were going to make a success of your life. Perhaps you were going to find the job for which your education prepared you and start at a high salary level. Then you’d get married and buy a house; everything in the right order and going to plan.
After you’d been in the working world for a while, perhaps your idea of success changed to wanting to be at the top of your game, to perform well in whatever field you had chosen. Or, perhaps you were feeling out of control of your life and your idea of success had changed to getting back in control. This is where a Coach can help.
No matter what the definition of success is to you since your success comes down to your character you need to consider your character when you consider your success. And, you need to continuously build your character in order to continue on your Journey of Success.
It’s easy. . .
Building your character means overcoming your fears, getting perspective and talking things out. Fear will always be there, you just have to get used to them and learn how to work around them. If you focus on fear, it can overwhelm you. When you are overwhelmed with fear, your character is weak. You will soon find that to build your character, you must face your fears and put them into perspective.
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Building Success Through Balance
To build success, In addition to building your character you must develop yourself physically, mentally, spiritually, financially and socially. These five areas speak directly about WHO you are and your character. When any of these five areas becomes out of balance, your character becomes out of balance. For example, maybe you love to exercise but, as you get busy, you let exercise slide and you begin to feel worn down. This gets you out of balance physically.
If you are not dealing with your fears, you are out of balance mentally.
Being out of balance spiritually could be as simple as not looking at success from anything but a money perspective.
Being out of balance financially can happen to anyone and we should know how to get back in balance.
Being out of balance socially means that you have forgotten that you have family and friends, and have not kept them informed of what you are doing with your business or perhaps with your life. It may also mean that you’ve become disconnected from the social side of your business.
However you think you may be out of balance there will be ways to restore balance to your life. Working with a coach will assist you in clarifying this. You can down load unit one of “Life Management - Knowing what you want”, simply cut this address below and paste it after our home page URL: /coaching/self-improvement-units/life-management-coaching/life-management-unit-1
This will help find what areas are out of balance and where to begin.
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The Big Three?
What are the BIG three things that people want more of in their lives?
You got it. . . Happiness, Money and better Relationships.
How are you going in these three departments?
Are you as happy as you’d like to be? Do you have all the wealth you want?
Are your relationships as good as they can be or are you left a little wanting
in one area or another or perhaps all three?
Well the really, really great news is that YOU can have it all!!
Who said that you shouldn’t be rich beyond your wildest dreams, who said
that you don’t have a right to complete happiness and who was the dream snatcher who said you had to put up with mediocre relationships?
Don’t listen to any of them. It’s your birthright to have it all. I’m sure there wasn’t any one standing over the cots in your hospital nursery when you were born deciding which babies were worthy of the best life possible. . . so, what happened between birth and where you are now that changed this right or your perception of it?
How do you go about claiming what’s rightfully yours? How do you have all the happiness, wealth and outstanding relationships you could possibly want?
You simply don’t settle for less, you learn what it takes to ‘BE’ the best you possible; you learn to show up in your life as the most amazing individual and you never, ever settle for less than you are worth.
Understand that wealth has to be created in your mind first; happiness is a natural state and an attitude and relationships have to be cultivated and nurtured.
Getting what you want out of life involves going within. Go on this journey first or get used to life as it is.
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Living With Balance
If you feel that life’s hectic pace leaves parts of your life lacking and that you’d like the merry-go-round called life to stop and let you off, you are not alone!!
Help is at hand and there are ways to tip the balance back in your favour.
There’s nothing new about the idea of work/life balance, although, for many of us, it can seem elusive as we try to keep everything together on the treadmill of life. The question to ponder, though, is “What do you do when you can’t keep up and the quality of your life suffers?”
Firstly, it’s important not to compare your life with others but to get totally honest with yourself about what it is you want out of life. Self awareness is the key stone to achieving life balance and making choices based on what’s best for you.
To start getting your life back in balance, we suggest you make a comprehensive list of everything you do in your week. Include the time spent with family, friends and at work. Remember the time spent watching TV and surfing the net also. The next step is to reflect and decide what you need to be doing with your time in order to feel happy and fulfilled. A great way to do this is to go out in time and do the ‘Rocking Chair Test’. That is, when you are 95, sitting in your rocking chair, and looking back over your life, what will you be grateful for and what will you regret not having done?
There are not too many people, who, when on their death beds, regret not having worked harder or having spent more hours at the office!!
Having done that, decide how can you better spend your time, (the one thing we all have the same amount of in each day), what do you value and what decisions can you make based on this so that you can live the life of your dreams and be the best you can be?
Sometimes change can be frightening and it can seem easier to maintain the status quo. That’s why with a Coach you’ll never be alone. They can guide and steer you in the direction that you truly want whilst giving you support and keeping you accountable for ‘real’ change.
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